[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

Sourde: Arizona Republic

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Do I have to guess they were taking selfies right to the end?

[Bobalu]

I don’t care for single engine planes....

I’d rather have a Beechcraft Baron twin than a Comanche single.

Too risky to lose the single engine soon after takeoff.

[ifinnegan]

Aspiring pilot should have taken a shower.

(Sad, in real life)

[heights]

What a loss to humanity

[Telepathic Intruder]

Probably a typical takeoff stall. Too much climb without enough speed.

[txroadkill]

Four of the six people...

with a Useful Load of what, around 1400lbs?

[wardaddy]

Attractive happy prime of life women

I’m sorry as a man and a father to women that age

I lost my first best friend when he was prime of life at 25 in a 182

Youth and planes is almost always pilot error

Real pity beautiful girls..God love em

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

When they realized they were about to crash, even odds at least one of them yelled out “Like ohmagawd!”

[OrangeHoof]

Seems more like “expiring pilot” rather than “aspiring pilot” at this point.

Truly sad event.

Must have been Russian bots or Zuckerberg behind it. < /sarc >

[Bobalu]

here’s a very similar craft from Trade-A-Plane.

Just to give everyone an idea of the type...there is a listing of specs as well.

https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?category_level1=Single+Engine+Piston&make=PIPER&model=COMANCHE+260C&listing_id=2315334&s-type=aircraft

Has a pretty good cruise speed of 185mph given it’s a single and the useful load.

This one has the 260hp engine.

[Amberdawn]

RIP. I am so SICK of that “pouty” lips pose I could spit...

[Delta 21]

Gravity always wins.

[Nifster]

Situational awareness

[outofsalt]

"Instagram stars and models on their private plane to Las Vegas moments before it crashed onto golf course killing all six on board"

People, Stay Away From Golf!

[PushinTin]

Here is a complete rundown ,with pictures, of the accident...

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2018/04/piper-pa-24-comanche-n9456p-fatal.html

[DungeonMaster]

I don’t know what an “instagram star” is.

[PAR35]

Looks like all of them could have made use of a good plastic surgeon.

[central_va]

The pilot violated the first law of aviation:

The indicated altitude, corrected for barometric pressure, must always be greater than the MSL altitude of the terrain you are flying above. No exceptions, no deviations.

[moovova]

Obviously didn’t turn off their cellphones and hand-held devices as instructed by the flight attendant. Interfered with the aircraft controls. Boom.